UPDATE (2/5/24) - Police have identified the driver as 49-year-old Derek Glenn. He has since been arrested and charged with negligent manslaughter.
ORIGINAL STORY (3/17/23) -
A woman was killed following a pedestrian crash that happened Friday night in West Baltimore.
Around 8:09 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1600 block of W. North Avenue to investigate a pedestrian struck.
The pedestrian, now identified as 42 year-old Heidi Rose, was transported to an area hospital, where she later died.
A preliminary investigation revealed that Rose was attempting to cross West North Avenue when she was struck by a pickup truck that fled the scene.
That pickup truck lost control shortly after Rose was hit, crashing into a raised median and a jersey wall.
The driver, Derek Glenn, 49, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
On February 3, 2024, detectives arrested Glenn and took him to Central Booking.
He's been charged with negligent manslaughter.
